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have been inspiring to me. I’m pleased to have Jane as Director of the
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Gremlin Taming Institute .

And I want to thank my friend Doug Rucker. He is a richly creative man

with an extraordinary talent for envisioning possibilities and turning them
into high-functioning realities. I’m grateful for the opportunity to be
associated with Doug, his partner Jan Deatherage, and their unique and
wonderful firm R & D Thinktank. Doug encouraged this project and the
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Gremlin Taming Institute from the beginning, and his input has been
invaluable.

Teachers teach better when their students are eager. The way my

friends, colleagues, and advanced trainees Linda Doutre, Vicki James, and
Shelly Vaughn have embraced my work warms my heart. Respected and
powerful psychotherapists and teachers themselves, each has added their
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own special twist to the Gremlin-Taming Method , enhancing it with their
own life experience and gifts. Many have and will continue to benefit
because of their talents. I’m proud as punch to know them, and humbled by
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their devotion to their craft and to Gremlin-Taming .

Facilitating others to resolve tough inner challenges is a craft like no
other. My officemate and good friend Stan Ferguson appreciates the craft as
much as I do, and our conversations make us both better at what we do. I
respect Stan’s insightfulness and relish his humor. His presence makes my

sometimes hectic pace more tolerable, and my life more enjoyable. For
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years Stan has encouraged me to do a Taming Your Gremlin workbook.
While this book you hold isn’t a workbook per se, Stan’s encouragement to
provide interactive activities helped me decide to do so. I thank him.

This book is more effective because of the input of Toni Sciarra at

HarperCollins. Toni took the time to understand what I have to teach, and
the challenge of doing so with the written word. She’s been a true partner in
the process. Getting paired with Toni feels like a gift to me.

I want to thank my friend Kathy Ross for her straightforward comments
on the first draft of this revised edition, and for being the wonderful soul